Breastfeeding Center of Pittsburgh

08/20/2025

08/19/2025

Some great tips on how to provide breastmilk if you have a baby in the NICU.

For NICU families, providing breast milk is more than nourishment—it’s a powerful act of love and healing.

If your baby is in the NICU:
- Start expressing milk early and often—8 to 12 times a day helps build supply
- Ask for lactation support and a hospital-grade pump
- Practice kangaroo care (skin-to-skin contact) to boost bonding and milk production
- Request your baby’s first oral feed to be at the breast
- Stay hydrated, nourished, and give yourself grace—every drop of milk matters

Your breast milk is uniquely designed for your baby’s needs. Let’s celebrate and support NICU parents this month and every month.

Learn more from our free breastfeeding tip resource: https://hubs.li/Q03CkJ0h0

08/15/2025

📣 We are excited to announce this year's theme for AANHPI Breastfeeding Week (August 15-21, 2025):
Diverse Voices, One Vision.

We recognize that while our communities are unique, we share the same vision of safe pregnancies, healthy babies, and thriving families.

Stay tuned for more details on what we have planned, and follow us here and on Instagram 🎉

Don't forget to tag us if your organizations have anything planned ❤️


U.S. Breastfeeding Committee - USBC

08/15/2025

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08/14/2025

August 8-14 is Indigenous Milk Medicine Week. 📸: "My name is Coral Prosper, I am a Plains Cree Indigenous woman from the Treaty 6 territory. I am 23 years old from One Arrow First Nation. I will be in my 2nd year of the Indian Teacher Education Program at the University of Saskatchewan. I began my academic career in the College of Education pregnant last year and gave birth to my first baby, Kulture Nova, shortly after completing my first year.

Becoming a mother was painful, it was all worth it. At times it can be scary being a new mother but I am happy to have a partner to help me along the way with raising our baby boy. I am excited to not only teach my son his traditions but also other children when I receive my Bachelors of Education Degree.

To be able to wake up to my son, see him smile and breastfeed him is the most rewarding experience. I feel this beautiful connection between me and my son while feeding that makes me feel proud. At times it can get quite tiring but I will continue to breastfeed because I know my son needs me, just as much as I need him. I am rejoiced in becoming a mother and being able to breastfeed him."

Indigenous Motherhood+Breastfeeding 2019 Series by

08/13/2025

In the spirit of National Breastfeeding Month, the United States Breastfeeding Committee has crafted several actions that organizations and individuals can participate in to advocate for more breastfeeding support for families. Check out how you can help!

When we speak together, our voices are amplified! Learn how you can take action during National Breastfeeding Month: https://bit.ly/3d9asVm

08/08/2025

It’s Friday!
Tell us where you plan to breastfeed this weekend?

08/06/2025

The first objective of WBW 2025 is to Inform people about their role in creating supportive and sustainable environments for breastfeeding. Tell us what changes could be made to help create more support for breastfeeding families.

We will go first.....12 weeks mandatory paid maternity leave for all birthing families.

08/05/2025

To celebrate World Breastfeeding Week, all of our patients this week are gifted these cute little gift bags filled with some awesome goodies.

08/04/2025

Each year for World Breastfeeding Week, four objectives are identified that reinforce the year's theme. Creating a sustainable breastfeeding support system is not a short-term intervention, it is a continuous, inclusive, and empowering structure that safeguards health, protects the environment, and upholds the rights of women and children.

08/01/2025

Today starts World Breastfeeding Week. The theme for World Breastfeeding Week 2025 is "Prioritize Breastfeeding: Create Sustainable Support Systems". This theme highlights the importance of building long-term, reliable support systems to help mothers breastfeed successfully, emphasizing that breastfeeding is not just a personal choice but also a tool for environmental sustainability and climate resilience.

Tell us in the comments, who was your support system to help you reach your breastfeeding goals?

08/01/2025

August is World Breastfeeding Month! Each year, World Breastfeeding Month focuses on specific themes that highlight various aspects of breastfeeding advocacy and support.

For 2025, the overarching theme is "Forward Together." This theme centers unity, solidarity, hope, and celebrates the strength and determination of the organizations and advocates committed to advancing policy, systems, and environmental change in the First Food field and improving access to human milk.

Stay tuned for information on how to celebrate this week's theme of World Breastfeeding Week.